TV Biography of Hughes Deleted 'Unflattering' Parts
Date: 06 February 1975
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
Ron Lyon, ind TV producer who made biog of billionaire Howard Hughes, In Search of Howard Hughes--An Unauthorized Biography, for 20th Century-Fox TV, describes production as 'horrendous' adventure that began with legal attempts to halt production and ended with deletions of material described as unflattering to Hughes; says as result of numerous obstacles and harrassments by Hughes, show turned into 'whimsical tribute' to Hughes instead of intended balanced portrait; film writer Al Ramrus asked name be removed from credits because of deletions recommended by Pacific Indemnity legal repr Francesca de la Flor; ins co indemnifies studio and network against lawsuits for libel or invasion of privacy; Lyon's attempts to obtain old newsreel footage of Hughes described (M)
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Peru Declares Holiday in Attempt to End Disorders
Date: 07 February 1975
By JONATHAN KANDELL Special to The New York Times
Jonathan Special
Peruvian mil Govt, in effort to quell pub disorders brought on by army assault on garrison of policemen striking for higher pay, Lima, declares holiday on Feb 6 and extends suspension of const guarantees for 30 days; pillaging continues sporadically in city; mil authorities deny that any policemen were killed in assault, but Govt acknowledges some deaths and numerous wounded; curfew set; pol police occupy and shut down Brit news agency Reuters; damage in Lima described; offices of 2 leading newspapers, particular target of rioters, destroyed; illus (M)
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Uganda Bars Newsmen Who Want to See Amin
Date: 06 February 1975
Ugandan mil spokesman repts Govt will bar all foreign correspondents who want to int Pres Idi Amin because most are spies; says when journalists get int with Pres they publish distorted stories about country and made unfounded allegations against him (S)
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Saigon Says It Found Communist Ring on Newspapers
Date: 07 February 1975
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Saigon Govt on Feb 6 holds long news conf in which it presents 'live evidence' that it has cracked ring of Communist agents who had infiltrated S Vietnamese press; conf features 2 men who claimed they were former Communist agents who had specialized in subverting Saigon's press; Vietnamese and foreign reporters were not permitted to question men after they had spoken; Information Min Ho Van Cham denies that there is any connection between pol attack on Pres Thieu and arrests and newspaper closures; Maj Gen Nguyen Khac Binh cays that 18 confirmed Communists have been arrested; list of names does not include Vo Trong Luong who told conf that he had infiltrated newspaper Dien Tin on Communist orders; list of Communists includes names of Nguyen Duc Dung and Ky Ninh; illus of journalists at news conf
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Minh Accuses Thieu Regime of 'Tyranny'
Date: 06 February 1975
By JAMES M. MARKHAM Special to The New York Times
Duong Van Minh, titular leader of much of non-Communist opposition, on Feb 6 denounces Govt of Pres Nguyen Van Thieu and attacks regime for its sudden crackdown on press, closing of 5 papers and reptd arrest of 17 journalists; Govt is reptd planning to display some of arrested journalists with 'proof' of their guilt at news conf to be given by commander of natl police Maj Gen Nguyen Khac Binh; Vo Long Trieu, publisher of Dai Dan Toc, reasons that Thieu, knowing his crackdown would do him no good with Amer Cong, must have despaired of getting $300-million in supplemental mil aid that Ford Adm had requested for South Vietnam (M)
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A.P. SHIFTING FOCUS AWAY FROM CAPITAL
Date: 07 February 1975
AP pres Wes Gallagher repts AP has shifted its news coverage emphasis from Washington to 'grassroots' coverage of US, now that Watergate scandal has subsided, annual message to AP members (S)
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Peruvian Troops Crush Police Revolt in Capital; Peruvian Troops Crush Police Revolt
Date: 06 February 1975
By JONATHAN KANDELL Special to The New York Times
Jonathan Special
Peruvian troops on Feb 5 assault large police garrison, Lima, and crush revolt by policemen demanding pay rises; attack sets off rioting by civilians; Govt declares state of emergency, suspending all const guarantees, and sets curfew; puts police casualties at 6 wounded; tanks used to disperse rioters; police in other main cities reptd on strike; newspapers, which were expropriated 6 mos ago, have not mentioned strike; Govt on Feb 4 shut several radio stations; illus of tanks outside police garrison; map (L)
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